This chapter was originally published as: Ville, S, British transport history: shifting perspectives and new agendas, in M. Oliver and J. Wilson (eds) Economic Success and Failure Through Time and Space: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft, 2002, 1-29. Copyright 2002 Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot.

Abstract

This chapter is a contribution to the festschrift of Derek Aldcroft, formerly Professor of Economic History at Leicester and Manchester. It offers a retrospective on his contribution to transport history and suggests new research agendas for the subject.